| John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1816 - 346 pages
...extraordinary man, which ever fell from the pen of genius. Tliefour concluding lines describe his death. " His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, " A petty fortress, and a dubious hand j f< He left the name at which the worjd grew pale, ** To point amoral, or adorn a tale." WRAXALI,.... | |
| Helen Maria Williams - 1816 - 404 pages
...last farewel to the present generation, and may be said to belong already to history. " He leaves a name at which the world grew pale, " To point a moral, or adorn a tale." T 3 YOU You desire me to give you a sketch of the character of this extraordinary personage... | |
| English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him...strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He lefi .the name, at which the world grew pale,' To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their soenes... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale, t All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
| Adam Neale - Europe - 1818 - 346 pages
...King of Poland, and like many other of his predecessors and successors, •. •* • i " He left a name at which the world grew pale, " To point a moral, or adorn a tale." / * i * But perhaps the head of Cara Mustapha might be of greater use to the Austrians, would... | |
| Catherine Talbot - English literature - 1819 - 414 pages
...Johnson in his application of the Satirist's character of Hannibal, to that of Charles xn. of Sweden. " He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale." Essay xir. 147 to stand on those gems, in the midst of the earth, the sun and moon, seem to... | |
| Plutarchus - 1819 - 538 pages
...did not Chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? — His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand. He left the name, at which the world... | |
| Wales - 1853 - 1162 pages
...linellau ar farwelaeth SinrU XII., nid oe« ond ilirii yn unig yn ymgedi i fawrhydi barddae, 41 He k ft a name at which the world grew pale. To point a moral or adorn a tale." V и у rhai hyn, cawn elfenati nchaf barddon«eth ; ond y maent yn scfyll ar eu penau ea hiinain,... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - Anglo-Saxons - 1820 - 384 pages
...for Charles of Sweden— His fate was destined to a foreign strand, A petty fortress and a " humble" hand ; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a TALE. THE END. EDINBURGH : Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. ... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...did not chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound, Or hostile millions press him to the ground 2 His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name,... | |
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